Course Description
This intermediate-level course, offered by StanfordOnline, focuses on "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare Recruitment and Team Building." It is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to create and maintain diverse, equitable, and inclusive healthcare teams. The course delves into the critical aspects of diversity-in-healthcare-recruitment, equity-in-healthcare-teams, and inclusion-strategies-for-healthcare-hiring, providing a comprehensive understanding of DEI in the healthcare workforce.
What Students Will Learn
- Recognize the power and impact of diverse teams in healthcare
- Identify and mitigate personal and systemic biases in the recruitment process
- Understand the effects of microaggressions on patients and providers
- Develop strategies for fostering inclusivity in healthcare workplaces
- Create and implement DEI strategic plans in healthcare settings
- Lead coalitions for change and drive meaningful DEI initiatives in healthcare
Prerequisites
This course does not have any specific prerequisites. However, a basic understanding of healthcare systems and a genuine interest in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare would be beneficial.
Course Content
- The importance of diversity-in-healthcare-recruitment and its impact on patient care
- Strategies for equity-in-healthcare-hiring and team building
- Identifying and overcoming barriers to inclusive teams in healthcare
- Recognizing and addressing microaggressions in healthcare settings
- Developing and implementing DEI strategic plans in healthcare organizations
- Building and leading coalitions for change in healthcare
- Measuring the success of DEI initiatives in healthcare
Who This Course Is For
This course is ideal for healthcare professionals, including:
- Healthcare administrators and managers
- Human resources professionals in healthcare organizations
- Healthcare providers interested in promoting DEI in their workplace
- Healthcare educators and trainers
- Anyone involved in healthcare recruitment and team building
Real-World Applications
The skills acquired in this course can be directly applied to improve healthcare recruitment practices, create more inclusive work environments, and enhance patient care. Learners will be able to:
- Implement inclusive recruitment practices to build diverse healthcare teams
- Address and mitigate biases in hiring and team-building processes
- Create and foster an inclusive healthcare workplace culture
- Develop and execute DEI strategic plans in healthcare organizations
- Lead initiatives to promote equity and inclusion in healthcare settings
- Improve patient care by building culturally competent and diverse healthcare teams
- Address microaggressions and their impact on both patients and providers
- Measure and evaluate the success of DEI initiatives in healthcare
By mastering these skills, healthcare professionals can contribute to creating more equitable and inclusive healthcare systems, ultimately leading to better patient outcomes and improved workplace satisfaction for healthcare providers.
